I was pretty uncertain about the new National album going into it, but I ended up liking it a lot. I think the woman vocalists really help the songs out and prevent them from falling into the same old formula that the band dips into, sometimes to their detriment. I haven’t had a lot of time to diges...

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy vs To Pimp A Butterfly will be interesting for this decade. Blueprint is a classic Sadly I think Kanye's general stupidity over the past few years will slightly hurt MBDTF come EOD time. In a perfect world the moronic things Kanye says and does would have zero effe...

The year is (roughly) 1/3rd of the way over. Here's where we stand... Great: 1. Weyes Blood- Titanic Rising Very Good: 2. Vampire Weekend- Father of the Bride 3. Solange- When I Get Home 4. Sharon Van Etten- Remind Me Tomorrow 5. The Comet Is Coming- Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery 6. Big...

I am not liking the new Vampire Weekend LP at all...It just feels overblown and all over the place, compared to their past releases. I can't find any consistency in Father Of The Bride whatsoever, and their sound have become dumbed down and flawed on this album. The intellect that made Vampire Week...

Just from reading two words and the name of a record label alone in this bands description on Metacritic I already know who’s gonna do incredibly well next month: INDIE, BROOKLYN & 4AD. Than I saw the rating. It’s gonna break the 90s I’m sure. And I’m rooting for Sharkjump Brooklyn’s finest Vam...

112. Human League - Sound Of The Crowd This is a favorite of mine - 9 Definitely not the sort of song I’d have expected you to like! I’d give it a 7. It’s a solid song, but I always felt like Dare! was a really back-loaded album (“Seconds” and “Love Action” are an 8 and 8.5 respectively, and “Don’t...

Time to enter the top 10. Song #10 is the highest ranking song on the list that was not written nor originally done by the Rolling Stones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFLJFl7ws_0 Is this the correct link? Afaik Wild Horses is in fact a Jagger-Richards composition The Flying Burrito Brothers ver...

It’s only been out for 6 hours, but this new Tame Impala song is my SOTY so far: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rUmV-MorIKc Bumping "Patience" down to my number 3 song of the year so far. My number 2 is "Only Human" by Four Tet. My number 1 is "Seventeen" by Sharon Van ...

It’s only been out for 6 hours, but this new Tame Impala song is my SOTY so far: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rUmV-MorIKc Bumping "Patience" down to my number 3 song of the year so far. My number 2 is "Only Human" by Four Tet. My number 1 is "Seventeen" by Sharon Van ...

If there's ever an AM meet up in the US (particularly the east coast), count me in. I'm a little surprised you guys have never attempted to organise something similar on the American side of the Atlantic. Perhaps it's our brusque American nature that has prevented such a meet up from ever taking pl...

So far, Moonbeam, Henrik, Honorio and I have confirmed that we will be meeting up in Montpellier during the weekend of 11-13 October. Nicolas hasn’t confirmed yet, but might also be attending. Will this be the largest AM meet up yet? Someone who's an expert on AM meet ups will have to fill me in he...

My "best of 2019" playlist is only 3 songs long so far, but since it hasn't been shared yet : Four Tet did it again ! Favorite song to dance to since his own Planet 2 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peHvj5TedFI I’m only a casual fan of Four Tet, but I think this is the best thi...

Glad to see someone give Malibu Ken some respect on this thread. It's already one of 2019's most underrated releases already, and probably one of the best experimental hip hop albums of the decade. I had never heard any of Aesop Rock’s stuff before this album, other than the stray song here or ther...

To me, Exile is the perfect synthesis of the band’s various influences, from rock to blues to country to gospel. It’s astounding that a British band holed up in a recording studio in France could sound so American.

Plus, how can you deny songs like “Rocks Off” and “Happy” and “Tumbling Dice”?

Seeing Kero Kero Bonito as totally unranked on the critics’ list is a stark reminder of the differences between the realm of the critics and the realm of the insular internet communities that I’m a part of.

2011) The Black Keys- Runaway Think you meant Lonely Boy there. I’m shocked Fireworks made the top 10. That’s the best surprise for me. I was about equally shocked that the critics snubbed it completely. Are you telling me that you’ve never heard The Black Keys mashup of the Del Shannon and Kanye W...

The artists of the decade (in songs): There is 1 artist with 5 songs in AMF EOY Top 10s this decade: Kendrick Lamar - Never Catch Me [with Flying Lotus] (2014); The Blacker the Berry (2015); King Kunta (2015); DNA. (2017); HUMBLE. (2017) There is 1 artist with 4 songs in AMF EOY Top 10s this decade:...

I’m pretty surprised that “Americans” is totally unranked on the critics’ list. It’s the final track on the critics’ number 1 album of the year, and as Jirin said, a great summation of the state of affairs in contemporary America. To me, it’s the second best song off of Dirty Computer, only behind t...

If I were to explain my love for this album best, I'd refer to the Franz Kafka quote I used as my review on RYM: I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow on the head, what are we reading it for? So that it will ...

The new Solange album is, by far, the best album I've heard from this year. It's so damn silky smooth. Like hot butter. The Xiu Xiu album, on the other hand, is one of the worst releases I've heard from this decade. The "singing" (if you can even call it that) is just straight up atrocious...